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Literary pick for July 30

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

Scott Fitzgerald describes the Minnesota State Fair as “one of the most magnificent in America” in his 1928 short story  “A Night at the Fair,” the featured story in the program Fitzgerald in St. Paul: The St. Paul Stories, hosted by poet/chef Danny Klecko, presented by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug, 3, at Subtext Bookstore, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul.F. Scott Fitzgerald was 15 when this picture was taken a few months after he completed “The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary.” It is featured on the cover of the University of Minnesota’s edition of the short memoir Fitzgerald wrote in 1910-1911 when he was about the age of Basil Duke, protagonist of Fitzgerald’s 1928 short story “A Night at the Fair.” (Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Press)Published in the Saturday Evening Post magazine, “A Night at the Fair” is one of Fitzgerald’s popular ...

Open space managers gearing up for more e-bikes on Front Range trails

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

Mountain biking is a huge part of life for Jay Bollinger, his wife Krista, and their two school-age sons. The family lives just a couple of blocks from South Table Mountain in Golden, a haven for mountain biking, and their oldest boy, Isaac, competes on a mountain bike racing team.Krista hadn’t been able to ride with them in recent years, though, as she battled breast cancer and endured strength-sapping post-operative treatments. Then, Jay bought her an e-mountain bike last fall, and for the first time in years, the four of them could hit the trails together.“We went to South Table, and it was so awesome,” Krista said. “I hadn’t been on my mountain bike in forever. I just didn’t have the confidence that I could handle it. It’s not like [the e-bike] gives me this super extra [boost], but I can go up hills and hang with them. We can all enjoy it.”E-mountain bikes, which have become a major segment of the cycling market, have electrical a...

In first six months in Congress, Pettersen seeks to spread opioid policies shaped in Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

In one of her first major speeches since she arrived in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen stood before the House and talked about her mom.“Like so many Americans, my mom has struggled with an opioid addiction,” Pettersen, a former state senator who now represents central Colorado, told her colleagues in May. “When I was just 6 years old, she hurt her back, and she came home with bottles and bottles of opioids.”The House was debating a bill to permanently reclassify fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that’s cornered the drug market and sent overdose rates skyrocketing, as a schedule one substance. That designation would place it in the highest tier of banned substances in the United States, a proposal sponsored by Republicans and supported by the Biden White House.Pettersen, who as a Colorado legislator had spent years working on substance use policy here, had concerns. The bill included mandatory-minimum sentencing provisions that she opposed. She woul...

How a demolished community became the epicenter of the Bay Area reparations debate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

On a recent afternoon, Priscilla Figueroa played “Solamente Una Vez,” a melancholy song about love and loss, on the piano at her home. The music echoed in the dining room, where old photo albums depicted life as it once was in Russell City, a town in which she was married decades earlier. A town where her husband grew up. A town that no longer exists.“I used to play piano in the churches there,” said Figueroa, 80, who now lives in Hayward.Russell City, an unincorporated area in Alameda County, became a thriving haven for people of color after World War II. It was annexed and bulldozed by neighboring Hayward in 1964 to make way for an industrial park, and during the 1950s and 1960s, over 1,400 people were displaced.Now, nearly 60 years after Russell City was razed, it has become the epicenter of the movement to provide reparations to Black communities in the Bay Area.Just last month, Alameda County apologized for its role in the destruction of the community, f...

A bomb rips through a rally for a hard-line cleric in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 and wounding more than 50

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb rips through a rally for a hard-line cleric in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 and wounding more than 50.Source

West African ECOWAS bloc suspends ties with Niger and authorizes use of force if president not reinstated within a week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — West African ECOWAS bloc suspends ties with Niger and authorizes use of force if president not reinstated within a week.Source

5 killed, 7 wounded in clashes in crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes Sunday in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon left five people dead and seven others wounded, Palestinian officials said.The officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the fighting broke out after an unknown gunman tried to assassinate Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion of his instead. Later, Islamist militants assassinated a Palestinian military general from the Fatah group and three escorts, another Palestinian official told the AP. Factions used assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers in the overcrowded Ein el-Hilweh camp as ambulances zoomed through its narrow streets to take the wounded to the hospital. Several residents fled the crossfire.Palestinian factions in the camp for years have cracked down on militant Islamist groups and fugitives seeking shelter in the camp’s overcrowded neighborhoods. In 2017, Palest...

Colombia vence 2-1 a Alemania en sorprendente partido del Mundial de fútbol femenino

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

(CNN) — Colombia produjo una de las sorpresas más dramáticas del Mundial de fútbol femenino 2023, al anotar en el último minuto para vencer este domingo 2-1 a la dos veces campeona mundial Alemania.La selección colombiana, que fue finalista en la pasada Copa América y en la que Linda Caicedo fue elegida la Jugadora Más Valiosa del torneo, se enfrentó a Alemania tras vencer previamente a Corea del Sur por 2-0 en la primera fecha.A la selección sudamericana parecía que se le había negado una enorme victoria después de que Alexandra Popp igualara para Alemania desde el punto de penalti en el minuto 89, opacando el maravilloso primer gol de la sensacional Linda Caicedo (18 años) al comienzo de la segunda mitad.Pero, en los últimos segundos, Manuela Vanegas anotó con un brillante cabezazo desde un tiro de esquina para desatar el entusiasmo colectivo dentro del Estadio de Fútbol de Sydney.A falta de una jornada, Colombia encabeza el Grupo H. Alemania ocupa la segunda casilla por del...

Late Vanegas goal seals Colombia’s 2-1 upset win over Germany at the Women’s World Cup.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Manuela Vanegas scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time as Colombia upset Germany 2-1 at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday. The defender headed in to settle a thrilling game and put her country on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage. Alexandra Popp had scored an 89th-minute penalty and seemed to have earned two-time champion Germany a 1-1 draw after 18-year-old Linda Caicedo had struck a stunning opener for Colombia. But Vanegas came up with a late twist to huge celebrations from Colombia fans who dominated the Sydney Football Stadium crowd. The Germans thought they’d secured a point after Colombia goalkeeper Catalina Perez was penalized for bringing down Lena Oberdorf in the box. Popp, who scored twice in her country’s 6-0 rout of Morocco in its opening game of the tournament, fired straight down the middle to level the game. That had disappointed the crowd, which passionately cheered Colombia on throughout and erupted after Caicedo’s go...

Tailandia: varios muertos y más de 100 heridos tras explosión en almacén de fuegos artificiales

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:10:27 GMT

BANGKOK, Tailandia – Al menos 10 personas han muerto y 115 resultaron heridas — nueve de ellas en estado grave — tras una explosión ocurrida en un almacén de fuegos artificiales y petardos en el sur de Tailandia, informaron este domingo fuentes policiales.La explosión tuvo lugar el sábado en un local donde se guardaban fuegos artificiales en el mercado de Muno, en la provincia de Narathiwat, cerca de la frontera con Malasia, según indicó a EFE por teléfono un portavoz de la comisaría de la localidad.Los heridos más graves estaban recibiendo tratamiento en los hospitales de la zona, mientras la policía seguía examinando el lugar de la explosión para averiguar lo ocurrido y conocer más detalles sobre las víctimas y las familias afectadas. En video: abre los ojos camino a su propio funeral No es broma: Burger King lanza nueva “hamburguesa” sin carne y con 20 rodajas de queso Las autoridades no han ofrecido hasta el ...